Wednesday, 15 February 2017

How do Instructional Designers support and add to teacher knowledge

As online learning becomes more known, the quality of the
delivered online materials become more essential, as learners can (partly) decide
which courses they will follow based on the quality of the course material. One
of the challenges is to give teachers and trainers an idea of how instructional
designers can help (IDs are schooled in online learning options) and what
instructional designers can bring to the interdisciplinary learning/teaching
team (a broader online and blended learning knowledge, specifically aimed at
online or blended interactions, this relies on specific theoretical frameworks
that facilitate practical implementations). So, being asked by EIT InnoEnergy
to provide an overview of why Instructional Designers are an important Human
Resource profile to ensure high quality online or digital learning material, I
put together this brief presentation. The slides are text rich so course partners
(SELECT) can have another look after the presentation and an ongoing
conversation with local Instructional Designers might be started.

In the meantime I am continuing the inspiring work on the
Instructional Design Variation Matrix (a practical guide for Instructional
Designers, a bit of an extended job aid).